"My Last Race With Ferrari" is a fantastic Spanish documentary gives us a rare glimpse behind the scenes as Fernando Alonso goes into his final race with the team at Abu Dhabi. Alonso comes off not as the driving god we see on TV, but as entirely human: nervous, funny and kind. »1/23/15 1:27pm 1/23/15 1:27pm

Before there were highways, before there was air pollution, before there was gridlock, there was racing in Los Angeles. A lot of it. Where They Raced is a documentary that goes through that glorious history, and now you can see it for free on Hulu. »12/03/14 10:16pm 12/03/14 10:16pm

Occasionally, I get e-mails from readers with column ideas. A few of the more memorable suggestions include taking my Nissan Cube to a dirt track rally, doing a monster-truck style stadium jump in my SUV, and setting my face on fire so no one has to look at it again. »6/11/14 2:25pm 6/11/14 2:25pm

Here's a reminder that AMC debuts "Low Winter Sun" at 10 p.m. tonight after some other show about a teacher that operates a mobile math lab? To spread the goodness of math, I presume? I don't know what the kids are watching these days. »8/11/13 2:28pm 8/11/13 2:28pm

New York filmmaker Andrew Filippone Jr. has chosen a righteous topic for a documentary: the Buick Grand National, the factory hot-rod that kept hope alive of a real renaissance within General Motors — rather incorrectly, in hindsight. »8/29/11 4:30pm 8/29/11 4:30pm

The "Senna" documentary arrives in the United States in July, and a few hundred people got to see it last night. Here's how to talk your friends and family into seeing it in theaters. »4/21/11 10:40am 4/21/11 10:40am